February 2012
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This just in from eKathimerini: Police have detained a suspect in connection with the recent robbery at the Ancient Olympia museum. Officers said they have detained a foreign national who they suspect was part of a group that raided jewellery shops in the area. Police believe this gang may have been involved in the museum…
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ante diem vi kalendas martias Regifugium — a festival which didn’t really happen on “February 24” but actually six days before the kalends of March, which was usually during a period of intercalation. Roman writers suggested this festival was a celebration of the expulsion of the Tarquins, although modern scholars have their doubts. Whatever the…
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Interesting item from the Irish Times: FIRST CENTURY AD. The Roman General Agricola reportedly says he can take and hold Ireland with a single legion. Some archaeologists have claimed the Romans did campaign in Ireland, but most see no evidence for an invasion. Imperial Rome and this island on its far western perimeter did share…
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Interesting news out of Southampton: A University of Southampton led project, exploring how people of antiquity viewed the geography of the ancient world, has been backed by $50,000 of funding from Google, Inc. via its Digital Humanities Awards Program. Google Ancient Places (GAP) is developing a Web application which allows users to choose a classical…
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I continue to be confused about how Didaskalia is published, but I’m beginning to suspect it’s now an annual thing with pieces posted from time to time. So … first we’ll catch up with volume 8: 8.06 Interview: Satyrs in L.A. [PDF] Mary Hart 8.07 KOSKY – The Women of Troy: Barrie Kosky, The Sydney…
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